Gotta love the Reindeer :)

Well, my holiday pre-order came the other day.  I have to say I LOVE that Stampin’ Up! has die cut all of the mini sets.  It was so nice to just pop out the rubber and stick it to the wood!

One of my favorite sets in the new mini is Merry & Bright.  I had to play with that one first.  This little reindeer is just the cutest!   Here I paired him with Cosmo Cricket’s new Christmas line, Be Good.  If you like the distressed look, you’ll love this paper.  It’s already distressed.  Less work for me! (I did add a bit of sponging though…I couldn’t hold myself back. )

I used the reverse side of the red print paper to cover the card front (base is Vanilla cardstock).  I could have used Chocolate as the base, but I wanted some of that pre-distressed look to show around the edges.  I used Copics to color the image.  I’m not feeling the love of these markers yet, but I’m trying.

After assembling the card, I added the three eyelets.  I make an effort not to have metal prongs and such come through the card, showing on the inside, but I do like the look of eyelets going through all layers (super easy with a Crop-a-dile).  Lastly, I added a few faux stitches on each side of the sentiment and along one side of the lighter patterned paper. 

I wanted to try a completely different, brighter look too, so for this one I used Real Red and Green Galore.  It doesn’t show well in the photo, but I used a sparkly red Stardust gelly roll pen for the dots on the trees and the reindeer’s nose.

Thanks for stopping by, and if you haven’t done so already, scroll down one post to enter my give-away!  Have a great day! 🙂

Believe card     Cardstock:  Very Vanilla     Patterned Paper:  Cosmo Cricket Naughty or Nice Be Good “Peppermint Candy” and “Poinsettia,” sentiment strip from “Strip Tease”     Stamp:  Merry & Bright     Ink:  Brilliance Graphite Black, Ranger Walnut Distress     Accessories:  Copic markers, K & Company rhinestone, mm eyelets, mat pack/needle, Chocolate Chip marker, Crop-a-dile.  Finished card size:  4 ¼” x 4 ¼”

Merry & Bright card     Cardstock:  Green Galore, Real Red, Papertrey Ink white     Patterned Paper:  American Crafts Truly Inspiring     Stamp:  Merry & Bright, Itty Bitty Backgrounds     Ink:  Brilliance Graphite Black, White Craft     Accessories:  Copic markers, Red Stardust Gelly Roll pen, Black marker, ribbon.  Finished card size:  5 ½” x 4 ¼”